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Introduction: Love
Scientists are beginning to get early insights into the nature and origin of love. Start finding out how our brains and bodies make us fall in love, with our beginner's guide
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US syphilis experiment scandal: probes begin
17:26 03 March 2011
Two investigations will inquire how researchers deliberately infected Guatemalans with syphilis in the 1940s
Zoologger: The hairy beast with seven fuzzy sexes
17:33 02 March 2011
What it lacks in size, one single-celled animal more than makes up for in sexual exploits: it has not two but seven sexes
Low sperm count? Your bones might be to blame
17:42 17 February 2011
Healthy bones are not only useful for physical strength – they could also be vital for maintaining male fertility
Why some gonorrhoea bacteria are a little bit human
17:40 14 February 2011
A study suggests around one in 10 gonorrhoea bacteria carry a small chunk of human DNA in their genetic makeup
Darwinian dating: Baby, I'm your natural selection
14:55 10 February 2011
Looking for love? Sharpen up your game with a little evolutionary cunning. Helen Thomson plays Cupid to test the rules of attraction
Sex and aggression are bad bedfellows in the brain
18:00 09 February 2011
The cells responsible for aggression in mouse brains are suppressed during mating, which is probably a good thing
Zoologger: Invasion of the crazy incestuous ants
14:27 02 February 2011
The longhorn crazy ant lives up to its name: females mate with their brothers, yet their offspring suffer no consequences
Thank bees for orchids' diversity
15:10 01 February 2011
Orchids owe their enormous variety to the bees and other insects that pollinate them
Transsexual differences caught on brain scan
12:16 26 January 2011 | 8 comments
A brain scan may help identify transsexual people before puberty to help prepare the way for possible later surgery
Polygamy boosts mouse sperm fitness
00:00 20 January 2011 | 1 comment
Bigger, better sperm give polygamous mice the edge in the mating game
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The dizzying diversity of human sexual strategies
If our biology has designed us to procreate, why do people have such widely different attitudes to sex? Mairi Mcleod investigates